• Episode 4: Youth In Food Systems Activism For Climate Justice and Planetary Health With Lana Weidgenant

  • Mar 3 2021
  • Length: 44 mins
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Episode 4: Youth In Food Systems Activism For Climate Justice and Planetary Health With Lana Weidgenant

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  • On this episode, I spoke with Lana Weidgenant. Lana is a climate and food systems activist from Brazil, attending John Hopkins University. She is the Deputy Director of Partnerships at the International youth climate organisation Zero Hour, and is also involved in food systems as an organizer in the Youth Climate Save Movement to address food systems in climate action. She is the co-founder of the youth-focused organization Cultivate America for food systems solutions to climate, and an Advisory Board Member at Plant Dining Partnerships. Lana has led successful campaigns to bring plant-based options to 18,000 locations in North America and spoke at UN Headquarters on the International Day of Peace about food systems change as global solutions.

    In this episode, Lana and I traced back to the beginning of Lana’s journey in climate and food systems activism. She told me how youth can get involved in the fight to tackle the climate crisis, and why it is so important that they do. Lana put forward the serious impacts that Western diets leave on the planet, and how shifting to a plant-forward diet can significantly reduce one’s food footprint. She also gave us insights into the upcoming United Nations Food Systems Summit, and her role in ensuring there is a shift towards sustainable consumption.

    Zero Hour

    Cultivate America

    National Children’s Campaign

    Plant Dining Partnerships

    Foodprints For The Future

    https://foodsystems.community/communities/action-track-2/

    https://www.un.org/en/food-systems-summit

    Make sure you follow Lana and her activities. She is very active on each of her social media streams and is constantly sharing ways that we can get involved, make small changes, and do all that we can to ensure a positive future for all of us.

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lanaweid
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/lanaweid
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iolanda.weidgenant
    Website: https://www.lanaweidgenant.com/

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    Music:
    Hustle by Kevin MacLeod
    Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3890-hustle
    License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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